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The impact of familial Mediterranean fever on reproductive system.

[familial mediterranean fever]

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, peritonitis, pleuritis, arthritis, or erysipelas-like skin lesion. FMF is the most common periodic febrile syndrome affecting more than 150,000 people worldwide. The majority of patients develop FMF before the age of 20. FMF may cause amyloidosis, which mainly affects the kidneys but may also be accumulated in other organs such as the heart, gastrointestinal tract, and reproductive organs. FMF being a systemic disorder with a risk for amyloidosis, affecting patients in their childbearing years, and with its lifelong colchicine therapy raises concern about its effect on the reproductive system. In this article, we review the impact of FMF and its treatment to the reproductive system of male and female patients, pregnancy, and lactation.

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  • carcinoma of the gallbladder
  • cowden syndrome
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
  • dedifferentiated liposarcoma
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • esophageal carcinoma
  • familial mediterranean fever
  • hirschsprung disease
  • malignant atrophic papulosis
  • megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome
  • proteus syndrome
  • pyomyositis
  • triple a syndrome
  • waldenström macroglobulinemia
  • well-differentiated liposarcoma

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